Software Engineer, Cosmos Hub

Interchain Labs; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in blockchain technology is seeking an Intermediate Software Engineer to join their team. The role offers the opportunity to work on innovative solutions in the Cosmos ecosystem, requiring strong technical skills and collaborative experience. Ideal candidates should have relevant experience in blockchain development and be passionate about decentralized technologies.

Benefits

18 days of paid leave

Competitive regional compensation

Remote work accommodations

Mentorship programs

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with deploying and maintaining production blockchain systems.
• Ability to work on both on-chain and off-chain components.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers and product teams to design new features.
• Ensure stability and security of the Cosmos Hub.
• Develop testing and telemetry for Hub products.

Skills

Protocol design

Collaborative work

System design

Testing and telemetry

Tools

Cosmos SDK

Blockchain technology

Job description

Interchain Labs (formerly, Skip) leads development for the Cosmos Hub, ecosystem, and stack -- the leading platform for building sovereign, interoperable blockchains. We're dedicated to offering developers full-stack programmability, complete ownership of their economics, and best-in-class distribution to users everywhere.

Our mission is to build a more free, more fair internet with the Cosmos platform at the core. The best teams already build with Cosmos across every category: defi (dYdX, Osmosis, Injective), infrastructure (Babylon, Celestia, Initia), Depin/AI (Akash, Artificial Superintelligence Alliance, Allora), privacy (Nillion, Penumbra), and many more. We want to help these teams and many more help bring the values of sovereignty and decentralization to the rest of the internet by developing the Cosmos stack and hub.

We hire best-in-class talent anywhere within 6 hours of the NYC timezone but we also love it when we hire people to work together in person in NYC to build a collaborative and supportive culture.

Core team member responsibilities

• Work to solve hard technical problems at the cutting edge of blockchain research alongside the founders.
• Be empowered to make bold technical and strategic decisions.
• Play a critical role in determining the people we hire, our culture, our engineering practices, and the products we ship.

How we work

• We value ambition, work ethic, and m (slope) over prestige, accomplishments, and y-intercept. - This means initiative, self development, and adaptability are non-negotiable, even for the most experienced candidates.
• We value thoughtful and contentious dialogue over siloed and unilateral decision-making.
• We value acknowledging uncertainty/weakness and seeking support over unabated confidence and solo performances.
• We’re obsessive about documenting everything, learning, and shipping as fast as possible with short feedback cycles.

Interchain Labs is committed to inclusion.

Interchain Labs. is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages individuals from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We believe the purpose of crypto is to expand who has agency in society, which starts at home, by empowering people with diverse gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, and life experiences within our own organization. Interchain Inc. offers dedicated mentorship to support personal growth and a bright career in crypto.

In USA

️ 18 days of paid leave

Competitive regional compensation and token compensation

Office space and accommodations for remote work

Elsewhere in the world we provide competitive and equitable benefits depending on your country norms.

Description: We are looking for an Intermediate Software Engineer to help build the Hub of the Cosmos ecosystem.

Role

The ideal candidate is opinionated about protocol design, but also cares deeply about how the choices they make impact the developer and user experience at the application level. This person does not strictly see themselves as a protocol designer/engineer, and is comfortable building systems off-chain to support and operate on chain components. They are excited to work collaboratively with product, engineering, and customers in a fast-paced environment, and are not bothered when product requirements are iterated upon alongside development.

Role Capabilities

• Work collaboratively with engineers, product, and partners to design and implement new features on the Cosmos Hub.
• Participate in, and improve upon, the end-to-end well-being of the Hub from a stability, testing, security, and maintenance perspective.
• Develop testing and telemetry for existing and new Hub products. Propose and implement plans for removing bottlenecks at scale.
• Contribute to the success of the Cosmos Hub, the Cosmos community, and ecosystem builders.

Qualifications

Required

• 2+ years of software engineering experience
• Previous experience designing, delivering, and operating substantial features in an engineering capacity.
• Has been responsible for the successful deployment, operation, and maintenance of a production blockchain system at any level of the stack.

Bonus

• Interest in novel DeFi and blockchain protocols–you’re the type of person reading litepapers instead of Twitter threads.
• Experience with the Cosmos development stack (SDK/Comet).

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